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Filter by:This study will examine the effectiveness and safety of raltegravir (isentress) when used together with lopinavir/ritonavir (kaletra) for the treatment of HIV-infection. Isentress is a recently, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved, HIV medication that has strong effects against the HIV virus. Isentress has been shown in other studies to be safe and well tolerated by HIV patients. Combining this drug with kaletra might enable us to construct a HIV regimen that does not include the more toxic drugs of the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor class. Eligible volunteers will undergo the following as part of the study procedure: 1. Sign the study consent form and the HIPAA Authorization Form. 2. Two-third of subjects, the intervention group (selected by random chance) will have their HIV drug treatment changed to kaletra + isentress. 3. The other one-third will continue their usual HIV medications (this will be the control group). 4. Make 9 study related visits to the Ponce clinic during the 48 weeks study period. During these visits, medical information will be collected, and blood tests will be performed. 5. Perform Dexa-scan on two separate occasions at Emory University Hospital Radiology. Information collected will be used to assess the effectiveness of this treatment in keeping the HIV virus suppressed, how well these two drugs together is tolerated by HIV-infected patients, and the blood levels of these two drugs when given together.
This study will compare the effectiveness of face-to-face training versus Web-based training seminars in disseminating HIV prevention interventions to nongovernmental organizations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common opportunistic infection among HIV infected persons living in developing countries. Directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS) is the internationally recommended strategy for the treatment of TB. However, the efficacy of DOTS for the treatment of HIV-associated TB is not well studied. This study aims to compare the efficacy of thrice weekly DOTS in HIV-infected versus HIV-negative patients with TB.
This study will evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based HIV/sexually transmitted disease prevention program in reducing sexual risk behaviors of youth attending school in Liberia.
The purpose of the study is to determine in healthy volunteers whether certain anti-HIV medications (lopinavir/ritonavir and efavirenz) affect the drug levels of certain anti-malarial medications (artesunate/ amodiaquine and artemether/ lumefantrine) and vice versa. Since these drugs are degraded using overlapping pathways in the liver, it is predicted that changes in both drug level and overall drug exposure will be observed.
The hypothesis is that participants in the intervention group will experience fewer/less intense side effects from anti-HIV medications, if they receive training sessions on the use of guided imagery, relaxation, and reframing of the medication-taking experience. Such training is not part of the usual care of HIV patients.
This study is looking at 3 different types of enemas used before receptive anal intercourse in men who have sex with men (MSM). We are investigating whether the enemas cause any damage to the lining of the colon, how far up the colon the enemas travel after they are given, and how much study participants like using each of the enemas.
Successful control of the HIV epidemic will require a safe and effective vaccine to be developed. A successful vaccine will need to stimulate a widespread immune response. The purpose of this study is to determine the safety of and immune response to an adenovirus serotype HIV vaccine in HIV uninfected adults.
The purpose of our study is to survey the quality of sleep and sleep disordered breathing in a HIV infected inner city ambulatory African-American Population aged 50 years and older. Hypothesis: African-American HIV infected individuals aged 50 years and older have a high prevalence of sleep disorders and lower quality of sleep.
The purpose of this study to conduct a small randomized control trial to compare the relative effectiveness of a single-session of HIV testing and counseling risk reduction intervention (HCT-only) to an enhanced intervention that includes the standard HCT intervention plus a theory-based and culturally-tailored group-level intervention designed to reduce or eliminate HIV and STI risk behaviors (HCT-plus) among African-American men who have sex with men (AA-MSM).